Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope"Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope" by Samuel Johnson contains short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. These were arranged, approximately, by the date of death. Abraham Cowley, Sir John Denham, John Milton, Samuel Butler, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon, Thomas Otway, Edmund Waller, and John Pomfret are just some of the honored poets. |
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... English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet , playwright , essayist , moralist , critic , biographer , editor and lexicographer . The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him " arguably the most distinguished man of ...
... English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet , playwright , essayist , moralist , critic , biographer , editor and lexicographer . The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him " arguably the most distinguished man of ...
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... Book Cookery Books, part 3 Cookery Books, part 4 Diet of the Yeoman and the Poor Meats and Drinks The Kitchen Meals Etiquette of the Table." Buy now and read Samuel Johnson Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve,
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... English Poets , " he had caused omissions to be made from the poems of Rochester , and was asked whether he would allow the printers to give all the verse of Prior . Boswell quoted a censure by Lord Hailes of " those impure tales which ...
... English Poets , " he had caused omissions to be made from the poems of Rochester , and was asked whether he would allow the printers to give all the verse of Prior . Boswell quoted a censure by Lord Hailes of " those impure tales which ...
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